NCP to revise its decision of contesting from the constituency seats in Goa

The Shard Pawar led NCP Party would be revising its decision to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the North Goa and the South Goa constituency. Pawar, who would not be contesting this year’s Lok Sabha elections believes that clash in opinions and the division of votes between Congress and the NCP party might just give BJP an added advantage. The article below tells you more about what Sharad Pawar had to say about these seats and the role to be played by Praful Patel, in the absence of NCP’s top drawer candidate in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

It was over an argument of seats, that NCP had initially decided to severe the alliance with the Congress party. It was the idea of dividing the votes then that reconciled matters. However, when the senior NCP members met Sharad Pawar in Mumbai, most of them said that the division of votes between NCP and Congress might just give BJP an added advantage. Probably, this is one reason that Sharad Pawar’s NCP might just bow out of the race, handing over the North Goa and the South Goa seats to Congress Party. The decision however will be reviewed for one final time, when NCP Leader Praful Patel meets the NCP leaders in Goa tomorrow. "Ideally, the alliance means NCP will not contest from both seats, giving away North Goa seat to the Congress which was traditionally fought by the Pawar-led NCP," sources said. The NCP leaders that have yielded per se the Goa seats said that the NCP party was aspiring for a better share of seats from the Congress Party in the 2017 Goa Assembly Elections. NCP Goa chief spokesman Trojano D'Mello said that the final decision on the alliance would be made tomorrow and subsequently, the announcement would be made.

Heavy Industries Minister Praful Patel, who looks after the proceedings in Goa, will have a major say, in regards to the North Goa and the South Goa seats. Currently, it seems the Congress and the NCP has inched closer for a pre-poll alliance in Goa, with the Sharad Pawar-led party unlikely to contest from both the Lok Sabha constituencies. In addition, the absence of Mr. Sharad Pawar from the Lok Sabha elections might sorely influence NCP’s fate in the upcoming elections. However, Praful Patel, who plays a second fiddle to Mr. Pawar in the party, will leave no stone unturned, to ensure that his party achieves the much deserved success. However, prior to NCP’s recent statement on the North Goa seats, the party had even announced its state chief Nilkant Halarnkar as a candidate from North Goa and Yuri Alemao as its South Goa candidate. With the Lok Sabha elections around the corner, most political parties would be looking to wrap up their decisions, related to fielding candidates from respective constituencies. On the same lines, even the Nationalist congress Party would be eager to give their final decision on the seats in the Goa constituencies, to make things easier for the Election Commission of India. The hassle over the Goa constituencies is not the first time that the NCP and the Congress disagreed. Prior to this, the alliance also tugged enough, when it came to the overall distribution of seats, between both of them.

Probably, the decision on the Goa constituencies might just prove to be the most crucial and the final one (in regards to the seat sharing issue), that the alliance would have to make, before the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. To ensure success in the elections, both, the NCP and the Congress would be chalking out measures to ensure that the proceedings are conducted without any hassle. Like always, Praful Patel’s contributions towards the performance of the NCP in the elections would be vital. Even before this, Patel through his endeavors has proved his mettle and justified his title of the ‘Reformer of the year’, that was bestowed on him by The Economic times.

NCP Leader Praful Patel would once again be looking to register a victory from the Gondia-Bhandara constituency, leaving behind age old competitor Nana Patole (BJP) and the debutant Prasanth Mishra (AAP). For more Praful Patel information, follow him on his social networking sites including Facebook, Google+ and his YouTube channel.